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BEGINNING IN 2023, we wont have Dr. Anthony Fauci to kick around any more. After 54 years in government service, the director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as well as the White Houses chief medical advisor, is leaving his jobsdont say retiringand, at 82, is headed to his next adventure.
Its hard to imagine anything more adventurous than what he has been through in the past three pandemic years. The countrywell, most of itsympathized with his anguish as he tried to decode the ever-shifting challenges of Covid while his former White House boss, at various times, named the infection with a racial slur, claimed it was no worse than flu (its killed a million people in the US alone so far), and suggested it might be treated with a good injection of bleach. Faucis role as the highly qualified, avuncular explainer-in-chief heading a critical research lab won him many fans, but as the pandemic progressed, it also made him a target for those who sniffed conspiracy or simply got sick of following guidelines that might save their lives.
On the eve of Faucis departure from government, the nation finds itself in a strange place. Weve pretty much declared ourselves done with Covid. But Covid isnt done with us. It killed 2,504 Americans last week, and many thousands are living with the debilitating misery of long Covid. Yet those who wear masks at indoor gatheringslike Fauciare mocked. Fauci himself got Covid earlier this year, when he briefly let his guard down and lowered his mask.
For my fourth interview with Dr. Fauci (you can read the previous ones here, here, and here), I decided to ask him about how he regards the psychology of denialand also to get a glimpse of what we have in store for us this winter. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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tanyev
(42,584 posts)lapfog_1
(29,213 posts)but he won't be considered same by historians... until perhaps long after he is gone.
Never have I seen so many people deny science... except possibly to Galileo.
Pinback
(12,160 posts)Unfortunately, the varieties of denial are many, even among Democrats and our allies.